A Mighty Heart

Starring: Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Archie Panjabi, Will Patton, Irfan... Review: Brangelina inspired a paparazzi frenzy by decorating the red carpet at May?s Cannes Film Festival - he as one of the Ocean?s Thirteen gang, she as the star of A Mighty Heart, a devastating real-life drama that his company, Plan B, co-produced. Both stars made a pile squandering their talents on 2005?s Mr. and Mrs. Smith. But A Mighty Heart reveals and rewards their deeper ambitions. Jolie plays journalist Mariane Pearl, the widow of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl (Dan Futterman), who was kidnapped and murdered by jihadists in 2002. Based on Mariane?s memoir, the film is given a raw and riveting docudrama treatment by the superb British director Michael Winterbottom, whose films - from Welcome to Sarajevo to 24 Hour Party People - are notable for their total absence of... Rating: 3 Stars

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